Total Crime Rate

180.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 180.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 88.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.8 9/10
  • Public order 12.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.2 3/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

First Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Morpeth Kirkhill , and the 161st highest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around First Avenue (NE61 2ER) in the last 12 months was 180.7 per 1,000 residents and was 369.2% higher than the Morpeth Kirkhill average (38.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around First Avenue (NE61 2ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shields Road, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Third Avenue (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in First Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Choppington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ninth Avenue —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shields Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shields Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Fifth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order First Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stobhill Villas Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eighth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eighth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Eighth Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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